Threads such as this have a somewhat predictable life-time and barnett is well aware of this - he's also long since realised he can't do fuhk all about it which inevitably paints him tightly into a corner; he now has to just sit there like a naughty little boy and take all this shi!t ... And in doing so, he realises there is but one possible chance of salvation, and that is, time passing ... he has no choice but to hope the damage is recoverable.
We've already seen some embarrassing consequences where he's had to cancel events but even then, he will lapse into complete denial as to the reasons why he's had to close these events - his ego just will not entertain any notion of this thread having an effect on him or his business.
My supposed role in the media is to report on all facets of our sport, both good and bad, just like they do in any other sport.
In barnett's case, I have to make him accountable for some of the things he's done, and I will continue to fulfil that role for the foreseeable future.
I won't let up all the time his insidious tentacles infiltrate our beloved sport and if people decide to maintain their associations with him, they must realise it will be against a back-drop of this thread being constantly updated.
There is one particular update I'm waiting on, and if it happens, I'll personally take great pleasure in announcing on here.
In the meantime, this thread will serve as a constant reminder to us all when warning signs are ignored and people default to doing nothing.
If I can't do my job re someone like barnett then WTF am I doing in the media anyway?
It would be a dereliction of duty if I didn't go for him but I fully understand why people think it's personal with me, it is 'yes', but that doesn't mean barnett should be left alone or treated differently just because I have a personal issue with him - it doesn't make him any the less responsible, and just makes me even more determined.
He's the one who elected to betray many of the people he's been associated with, good people such as Steve Baldwin, Paul Bank and Simon Cole, Ged Green, all of whom are reasonable-minded individuals just trying to move paintball forward.
And it wasn't until they came into contact with barnett, did they encounter the type of treachery and behaviours that he indulges himself in.
barnett wants to move paintball forward just as long as he can screw every last penny out of whichever venture, or whoever he's gotten involved with.
And anyone who gets in the way of that, is either betrayed or he attempts to discredit them by whatever means possible with the 'Pete Russell' incident being head and shoulders above anything I've previously heard in paintball.
We can't ascribe any legitimate reasons as to the motives behind the betrayal of these people, it's just part of barnett's make-up, it's who he is, it's what he does.
There is no underlying rationale to explain why he does this, you merely have to acknowledge his psychotic make-up.
If he was to remain unchecked in our sport, things would get worse and that's exactly why this thread was created, and that's why it will remain here for posterity.
barnett also possesses the sort of face you just wanna punch, I don't really know what it is about his face that makes me want to relocate his nose but the desire doesn't go away.
He really has no place in paintball and the only way our sport can protect itself from him is to refuse to put money in his pocket and point-blank decline to attend his events or deal with in any way - anything less than that is a slap in the face to all the people barnett has wronged - if people continue to deal with barnett after what we've learned then something is fundamentally wrong with our sport and industry.
Either people like Steve Baldwin, Ged Green, Paul Banks, Simon Cole, Gadget, Rebel Tackleberry myself and a whole slew of other people are lying about him or .... any person electing to continue to deal with barnett is bereft of any sense of responsibility or indeed, morality.
And I can legitimately use the word 'morality' without eliciting accusations of overkill because of the depths barnett stooped to in trying to discredit Pete Russell in the aforementioned incident - in all of my time in paintball, I have genuinely NEVER heard of anything so sickening.
What he did to discredit Pete Russell belies belief - he should be absolutely ashamed of himself but what makes matters worse, he actually used that situation for his own ends to subvert the truth to a friend of mine - barnett has zero morality, any father doing what he did, doesn't deserve to be one.
He's a sociopathic megalomaniac with no real appreciation of what's wrong with him, he cannot change, it's beyond him - our sport needs to flush him from our system.
Please, please, let me pull paintball's bog-chain and flush him down into the sewer back where he belongs ......
As for a last reminder - to my knowledge, barnett has refused to answer, address or deny any of the four questions posted by Rebel Tackelberry earlier in this thread.
And that's because barnett dare not ....
